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VOL. 23. . SMITHFIELD, X. C.. FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 23, 1904. NO. 29
How Will It be After 1908?
When the Constitutional
Amendment campaign was in
progress during the year 1!)00
our Republican friends giew
desperate. They swo're by all
that was good that if the Amend
ment was adopted the white man
who could not read and write
would never vote again. Every
body remembers this who has
any memory left; and likewise
everybody now knows that this
statement was false. Not a
single white man who was born
upon the soil of North Carolina
can be found who has been dis
franchised by the Constitutional
Amendmeut because he could
not read and write. It is very
true that a white man loses his
right to vote in case he fails to
pay his poll tax; but if he fails to
pay his poll tax he has only
himself to blame. If he is too
poor to raise the money the
county commissioners ought to
exempt him. If he is not too
poor then he ought to pay his
poll tax, and if he fails to do so
he must blame no one but him
self. Our Republican friends are
at their old tricks again this
year. They are telling the un
educated white man something
like this:?"Oh yes, you will be
allowed to vote up until 1908
you will never vote again."
This statement is just as false as
the statement which Republicans
made in 1900, to the effect that
the uneducated white man would
not be allowed to vote after the
Amendment became a law. The
truth is that every uneducated
white man has until 1908 to put
his name on the permanent
registration list. If he does this
his right to vote can never be
questioned by anyone as long as
he lives. He will then be fully
protected by the Constitution of
his state. The men who are now
voting will continue to vote after
1908 if they will take the trouble
to go to the ballot box.
It does seem that our Republi
can friends would have more
regard for the truth than to
spread such a report as this, and
yet there is such a report
being spread in this county. The
political party which resorts to
trickery and deception can never
hope to win.
More About Last Week's Storm
Mr. Thomas Edmunson, who
has charge of the logging interests
of the Enterprise Lumber Com
pany, in Johnston county, came
to the city on Saturday after
noon and reports that the storm
which passed over this section
last week and which did con
siderable damage to the Bell
Lumber Company in Mt. Olive,
was quite severe around the Ben
tonsville section. He says that
shingles off the Bell LurnberCom
pany's plant in Mt. Olive weie
blown to Bentonsville and were
scattered along the public road
for some distance. At one place
a six inch plank was seen to
descend from the clouds. The
distance that the shingles and
the plank was carried something
near twenty miles. The wind
seemed to lose its force when
near Bentonsville and the light
timbers were let to fall on the
ground. Reports of much dam
age to crops by the wind con
tinue to come in from different
sections.?Goldsboro correspond
ence of Wilmington Messenger.
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?Congressman Pou is making
political speeches in Chatham
county this week.
The above shows what actually took place at the Republican convention which nominated j
Roosevelt and Fairbanks at Chicago. When President Roosevelt was declared the nominee of the
Republican party a little negro boy, the son of a negro delegate from Alabama, stepped out upon |
the platform, escorting a little white girl. Standing there together these two children waved I'nited
States flags in honor of Mr Roosevelt's nomination. A traveling man from North Carolina was
there and saw this disgusting spectacle. A few Southern Republicans are denying that this took j
place, but there are hundreds of men who were present and saw it, and it is useless to deny thej
truth. This is in line with the President's policy. He dined with the negro Hooker Washington, he!
appointed the negro, Cruin, Collector of the Port at Charleston, he had a negro, Harry Smythe
Cummings of Baltimore, to second his nomination; and it is not surprising, therefore, that the little'
negro boy and the little white girl should have been placed upon a platform side by side as an evi-j
dence of Mr. Roosevelt's sentiments respecting social equality. No doubt this was done to catch
the negro vote in the doubtful states of the North. If Mr. Roosevelt must have the negro vote in
these states let Southern men answer the insult by refusing to give him a single white votein thej
South.
BENSON BUDGET
Benson is one among the best
j cotton markets in the county.
The farmers are very badly
behind with their cotton nickiug
in this section and are not able
1 to get pickers for love or money.
Messrs. Barnes & Hollidav's
hardware store was broken into
at the back window Saturday or
Sunday night and 30 pocket
knives, 9 good razors and one
pistol were taken from the snow
case. No clue as to the guilty
party.
The protracted meeting at the
Free Will Baptist church is still
in full progress and will continue
the remainder of this week. Souls
are being blessed at nearly every
service. Rev. H. H. Goff is
throwing bomb shells in the
camp both right and left.
The Baptists will hold their
protracted meeting here some
time in October.
tiuite a large crowd attended
the Primitive Baptist Associa
tion at Mingo church four miles
below Dunn Sunday.
It is reported Mrs. C. M. Ben-i.
son will erect another brick build-'J
ing here some time in the near '
future.
Sheriff J. T. Ellington and
Hon. E. W. Pou made noble
speeches here Saturday after
noon to about three or four
hundred people. Little before the
I speakers reached here some of our
Republican friends said Elling
ton and Pou were not going to
have enough hearers to raise a
i dust. They heid a little consul
tation and some of them begun
to try to guy some of our demo
I cratic friends, but thank God the
right will stand when everything
else fails, and the crowd began to
come in and in a short time the
streets were almost, thronged
, with people on their way to the
speaking ground and our re
publican friends have not been
so eager to express themselves,
only you can hear one say once
in a while it makes me sick to see
a man so one sided on the issue.
Mr. Pou's medicine was a bitter
dose when he began to explain
the meaning of the Watt's law J
and to tell about Roosevelt din
ing with Hooker Washington at
the white house. If anotherdose
of his medicine could be given in
the near future some of the sick
patients wovld recover and
enjoy good health again.
The Republicans held a picnic
at Peacock's Cross Roads last
Saturday with a full force of their
campaign pie seekers with about
their same usual crowd of Re
publicans, 60 or 75, so the writer
has been informed by three or
four responsible parties. It is
said the boys had plenty of good
old apple juice on the occasion
and late in the afternoon some
of them got to feeling their keep
ing and nothing could do but
they must scrap a little. It is
said some of the Republican can
didates have been sponged on
right heavy for campaign funds
but with all their time, enegy and
money th> good old Democratic
party will lead to victory next
November with the usual major
ity. The rads have themselves in
a slew; we fear they will never get
out, for they are fairly caught
|bv Pou.?S. *
A Death Near Benson.
Mrs. Winnie Neighbors was
called from this life to the other
world last Saturday. She was
about G.'l years old and had been
a consistent member of the
Free Will Baptists at Hodges
Chapel from her girl hood davs.
In her latter days her faith be
came brighter and brighter until
the death angel came, and she
fell a sleep in Jesus' arms to
await the resurection morn. She
left two sisters three step sons
and host of relatives and friends
to mourn her loss. Rev. N. H.
Gibbs preached her funeral,
Text. She hath done what she
cpuld. A large crowd were
Eiresent at the funeral to pay the
ast respects to the deceased on
earth. S.
True dignity is never gained by
place, and never lost when hon
ors are withdrawn.?Maasinger.
Negro Stabbed Another In John
ston County.
A murder in Johnston county, J
near Clayton, came to light yes
terday and it was revealed mere-1
ly by chance. Not a mention of
the murder has been made in
Ruleigh.
John Hubbard, who is to ans-|
wer at the superior court here
for an alleged crime, came to i
Raleigh yesterday and informed
his counsel, Col. J. C. L. Harris,
that his main witness had been
murdered. Here is the astound
ing story told by Hubbard, who
lives near ('lay ton. 8am Holmes,
colored upon whom Hubbard j
principally relied to disprove the j
charge against him, was stabbed
ar.d killed three Saturdays ago
by a negro named Jones. Thej
latter visited Holmes' house and
after whipping Holmes' daughter
Jones met the old man in the
yard and stabbed him in the
neck with a knife, killing him.
Jones made his escape and has
not been apprehended.?Raleigh
Post, 20th.
Staked Lite and Lost It
Kedalia, Mo.,Sept. 20.?Charles
K. Hliss staked his life last night
in a game of cards and lost He
paid the bet a few minutes later
by committing suicide. Bliss,
who was known here as Charles
E. Barlow was 20 years old.
Shortly before midnight Bliss
(called on Ted Moore, with whom
he had become infatuated, and
she chalenged him to play agame
I of pitch. Thev sat down to a
table, when the woman asked
"What will we play for?" Bliss
replied: "1 will stake my life
against yours." She accepted
the challenge and the cards were
dealt. In a few minutes Bliss'
pile of chips had disappeared and
he lost in the desperate game.
Bliss put on his hat and with a
cheerful good-bye left the woman,
going direct to a drug store,
where he purchased a bottle of
carbolic acid, which he swallowed,
dying soon afterwards.
KENLY NEWS.
Mr. J. M. Staneil visited at
Lucama Saturday and Sunday.
Miss Maggie Whitley, the music
teacher in Keuly Academy, spent
Saturday and Sunday with rela
tives in Selma.
Miss Janie MeNeel visited
friends and relatives in Henson
Saturday and Sunday.
Miss Mayrie Hollo well visited
relatives in Smithfield Sunday
and Monday.
The 8. S. Earle Mfg. Co. have
just added several pieces of
machinery to their factory here,
for manufacturing, the Queen
of The Field Cultivator.
Mr. ('. It. Hailey went to Tar
boro Sunday returning Monday.
Mr. Walter Morris left for
Society Hill S. C. Sunday, where
he has accepted a position, as
clerk in a General Sferchaudise
establishment.
<r. u. bdgerton .fc Hon have
added a large storage and heavy
grocery and hardware room to
their already large store. Thus
moving outof thiirmain storeall
heavy groceries and hard ware.;
They have also otherwise greatly
improved the appearance of the
of the store, and have just re
ceived a large stock of new dry
goods, clothing etc. They now |
have a floor space of over 8000
square feet.
Air. Thomas Jones, upon whom
an operation was performed, j
for appendicities a few weeks ago
we are glad to say is rapidly im
proving.
The young ladies of the Free'
Will Baptist Sunday school here
have organized a Philethea class ]
with the following officers: Presi
dent, Miss Ora Hooks; secretary j
and treasurer, Miss Eliza Wafc-j
son; teacher, Miss Julia Mc-I
Eachern. The young men have
also organized a Baraca class j
with the following oflicers: For
president, Gaston Watson; vice-:
president, J. M. Stancill; secre- j
tary and treasurer, Henry Wat
son; teacher, Prof, D. J. 8ipe.
Thedeedsofourtown "fathers" ]
and officers must be evil, for they
seem to "like darkness rather j
than light," at any rate they j
make no provisionfor lights on
the streets on dark nights. It
might be well for any one going
up main street at night to take
out accident insurance. Why
not have some kind of lights on
our streets?
Mr. Jno. G. Gulley moved back
to his farm last Friday.
Miss Sady Richardson, return
ed to Peace Institute last Thurs
day.
Mr. Hugh Yelvington, of Free
mont, and Miss Nela Rhodes of
Tampa, Florida, visited Miss
Fannie Freeman Tuesday even
ing. I). T. P.
A Man Shot.
Marshall Howell, who lives
about three miles south of Prince
ton was shot last Monday morn
ing while looking after his hogs.;
The gun was fared in a small |
piece of woods and he says Joseph j
and Hanlv Pearce are the men j
he saw as soon as the shooting |
was done. The gun was loaded
with buck shot. One of them
entered one of his eyes and went
through his head. Another
struck his breast and went
through his body. He was still
alive when last heard from but
was not expected to live. It is
said that the parties are all j
blockaders and have not been
friendly for about four years.
The Pearces are here in jail to
await court.
Feartul Odds Against Him.
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Such, in brief was the condition
of an old soldier by name of J. J.
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medicines gave him relief. At
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It nut him on his feet in short
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Democratic Speaking.
There will be speaking in thin
county hh follows:
J. T. Ellington and J. A. T.
Jones at Archer Lodge, Satur
day, October 1st, at 2 p. m.
\Y. S. Stevens aud W. A. Ed
gerton at Creech's school house,
near Mr J. A. Creech's, Satur
day night, October 1st, at 8
o'clock.
J. F. Canaday and James A.
Wellons at Four Oaks; Saturday,
October let, at 3 p. m.
11. 11. Gower and S. T. Honey
cutt at Pine Level, Saturday,
October 1st, at 3 p. m.
W. W. Cole,
Chm. Dem. Fx. Com.
CLAYTON NEWS.
In the absence of the pastor,
Rev. C. W. Blanc-hard, I'rof. D.
L. Ellis spoke to an appreciative
audience last Sunday.
On account of work being done
on the inside of the Baptist
church, the Sunday school ser
vices will be conducted in the
Clayton High school auditorium
next Sunday.
Mr. A. J. Barbour has returned
from Northern markets.
Dr. Moore, presiding elder of
this district, has been visiting in
this section for some time.
We regret to note that Mrs. .T.
L. Ellis continues very sick.
Miss Vallie Blanchard has been
sick for some time.
Misses lone Gulley and Chris
tine Gower left Monday evening
for Kaleigh where they will enter
ttie Baptist University. Miss
Lucile Ellington accompanied
them.
Mr. I. S. Bagwell and family
are making arrangements to
move to Baleigh where Mr Bag
well will be with John P. Whitley.
Mr. B. M. Bobertson has return
ed from the west with several
very pretty horses.
Mr. Nick Allen, of Auburn, and
Dr. T. A. Griffin, of this place,
spent several days near Rogers'
X roads recently.
Mrs. D. W. Barbour left Tues
day for St. Louis to take in the
world's fair.
Mr. Carson H. Durham and his
bride came to Clayton this after
noon on the 5:25 train. They
were married in Burlington to
day (Wednesday).
\lr. Klivensky, a Jew, has
opened a gent's furnishing store
here at the stand formerly occu
pied by Mr. I. S. Bagell.
Messrs. Ralph Johnson and
Jesse J. Ellis spent Sunday in
Cary.
Prof. J. R. Williams, vice prin
cipal of Clayton High school,
spent Sunday At Chapel Hill.
Mr. Charles Z. Patterson, the
Southern's popular agent here,
i .1 i i
on going to i^ary r>unaay learueu
that he is the father of an es
pecially fine little girl
Mrs. Buck Wall had a severe
stroke of paralysis last Sunday.
YVe learn that she is getting on
very well now.
Mr. W. W. Kemp, one of Ar
cher's most prosperous farmers,
was here one day this week.
Mr. Chas. U. Harris, of Selma,
spenta day here this week on
professional business.
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